Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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Degree from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Full support package
Monetary allowance from 9,600 to 22,800 UAH.
Food, clothing, and medical care (including dental care)
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Accommodation
FREE dormitory accommodation or the option to live outside the Institute
High-quality teaching
High teaching standards and in-depth foreign-language studies
Driver training
Free training with the opportunity to obtain driver's licenses of categories B and C
Equal opportunities
45% of cadets are women. Equal opportunities for everyone
Career relevance
Educational programs relevant both in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and in civilian life
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Military Translation"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Master Educational-professional program "Linguistic Support of the Troops"; 90 ECTS credits; 1.5 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Translator, Language Training Section.
- Language Training Section Officer.
- Head of the Language Training Section.
- Officer of the Military Translation Department.
- Lecturer at military educational institutions.
Graduate skills
- Proficiency in a first foreign language at SLP-3 (C1) according to NATO STANAG 6001.
- Proficiency in a second foreign language at SLP-2 (B2).
- Oral (consecutive, bilateral) and written translation of military texts.
- Conducting military area studies analysis of a country or region.
- Use of diplomatic protocol and etiquette.
Activities
- Linguistic support for international cooperation.
- Information and analytical activities.
- Planning and organization of military cooperation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Military Political Science"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Information Work Officer.
- Political scientist in military units.
- Socio-political situation analyst.
Graduate skills
- Implementation of public influence technologies.
- Assessment of the enemy's information and psychological influence.
- Organization of information work in the area of military operations.
- Proficiency in analysis methods according to NATO standards.
Activities
- Application of public influence technologies.
- Information and communication work through the media.
- Conducting action analysis according to NATO After Action Review principles.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Resistance Movement Cell"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
Details on the SOF Resistance Movement page
Graduate skills
- Ability to conduct data collection, analytical processing, and data management.
- Ability to perform tasks related to the organization, preparation, conduct, and sustainment of resistance movement cell operations.
Activities
- Formation of Resistance Movement cells and development of their capabilities.
- Preparation of the territory of Ukraine for the Resistance Movement.
- Creation of supply reserves for the Resistance Movement.
- Counteraction to the aggressor's occupying authorities and their collaborators.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Foreign Military Information"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Master Educational-professional program "International Communications in the Military Sphere"; 90 ECTS credits; 1.5 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Officer of information-analytical units of intelligence and special agencies of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
- Officer of structural units for Euro-Atlantic integration, military-political, and military-technical cooperation within the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
Graduate skills
- Analysis of informational components of international security activities.
- Processing and analysis of information, and professional preparation of reference and analytical documents.
- Systemic analysis of geopolitical, military-political, and socio-political situations.
- Military area studies analysis.
- Determining the strategy and technology of information and psychological operations.
- Analysis and forecasting of geopolitical, military-political, economic, and other processes.
- Organizational support for international cooperation measures.
- Application of diplomatic protocol and etiquette.
Activities
- Planning, organization, and conduct of special actions.
- Conducting intelligence-analytical and information-analytical activities.
- Planning, organization, and implementation of international cooperation measures.
- Conducting analytical and information-analytical activities.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "International Cooperation in the Field of Defense and the Military Sphere"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Military cooperation and verification officer of command and control bodies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Officer of structural units for Euro-Atlantic integration, military-political, and military-technical cooperation within the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
- Specialist in international military cooperation at higher military educational institutions and structural educational units.
Graduate skills
- Analysis and forecasting of geopolitical, military-political, economic, and other processes in international relations that affect national security, defence, and international security.
- Analytical support for international cooperation measures, as well as information-analytical and communication tasks in the process of military, military-technical, and military-political cooperation.
- Organizational support for international cooperation measures aimed at maintaining peace and security at regional and global levels.
- Application of diplomatic protocol and etiquette in international cooperation measures of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Analysis of the structure and dynamics of strategic communications and identification of their influence on actors of international relations, the international security system, and the military security of Ukraine.
Activities
- Planning, organization, and implementation of international cooperation measures in the military, military-technical, and military-political spheres.
- Conducting analytical and information-analytical activities in the field of international cooperation in the interests of the security and defence sector.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Military Psychology"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Master Educational-professional program "Psychology of Military Professional Activity"; 90 ECTS credits; 1.5 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Unit psychologist.
- Psychological rehabilitation consultant.
- Psychology lecturer at military educational institutions.
Graduate skills
- Providing psychological assistance to military personnel and their family members.
- Conducting psychological rehabilitation of military personnel after combat operations.
- Psychological counseling in crisis situations.
- Organization of group psychotherapy and training sessions.
Activities
- Psychological preparation of military personnel for combat operations.
- Psychological recovery after duty performance.
- Counseling military personnel and their family members.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Military Journalism and Social Communications"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Military journalist.
- Media analyst.
- Editor of military publications.
Graduate skills
- Collection, analysis, and processing of information on military operations, events, and situations arising in the conflict zone.
- Creation of materials for print media, online media, radio, social networks, and television.
- Ability to perform professional tasks under the stressful conditions of combat operations.
- Providing information support to units.
- Skills in organizing, conducting, and processing interviews.
- Creation of media resources adapted to the specifics of military audiences and external media, contributing to a positive image of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
- Application of media influence strategies and information operations in the context of military tasks to effectively counter enemy information attacks.
Activities
- Media monitoring, media analytics, and countering information threats.
- Documentation of unit history and combat operations.
- Supporting a fair and positive image of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Interaction with international and Ukrainian media.
- Participation in organizing media events.
- Creation of media content.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Public Relations in the Armed Forces of Ukraine"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Press officer.
- Officer of a military unit communication branch.
Graduate skills
- Informing the public about the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Establishing an effective communication system with society and the media.
- Implementation of the information policy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Forming a positive image of military personnel in the information and public sphere.
- Monitoring the information space.
- Countering enemy propaganda fakes.
Activities
- Media monitoring, media analytics, and countering information threats.
- Documentation of unit history and combat operations.
- Maintaining a positive image of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Interaction with international and Ukrainian media.
- Participation in organizing media events of defence forces units and subunits.
- Creation of media content.
- Organizing the work of Ukrainian and international media in the area of responsibility of a military unit and in the combat zone.
D2 Finance, Banking, Insurance and Stock Market
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Finance in the Military Sphere"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Master Educational-professional program "Finance in the Military Sphere"; 90 ECTS credits; 1.5 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Officer of the financial and economic service of a military unit.
- Deputy head of the financial and economic service of a military unit.
- Head of the financial and economic service, chief accountant of a battalion.
- Head of the financial and economic service, chief accountant of a brigade.
Graduate skills
- Organizing and managing the financial economy of a military unit.
- Coordinating the execution of the budget estimate of a military unit.
- Organizing financial support of a military unit.
- Maintaining accounting records.
- Settlements with servicemembers and employees.
Activities
- Organizing the financial economy of a military unit.
- Carrying out financial planning and requesting financial resources.
- Calculating and paying monetary allowances to servicemembers.
- Calculating and paying wages to civilian employees of military units.
- Organizing and maintaining accounting records of the assets and liabilities of a military unit.
- Organizing the document flow of a military unit on issues of financial and economic activities.
- Preparing and submitting financial and budget reports of military units.
- Verifying and controlling compliance with financial discipline in a military unit.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Internal Audit"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Officer (Inspector) of a Territorial Internal Audit Directorate.
Graduate skills
- Analysis of financial and economic processes, conducting internal audits, and evaluating performance effectiveness.
- Application of internal audit standards, legislation, and regulatory acts in professional practice.
- Identification, assessment, and control of risks, and development of response measures.
- Control of accounting, financial and economic activities, and settlements with servicemembers and employees.
- Ability to develop process regulations, make management decisions, and use modern computer software.
Activities
- Organization and implementation of audit inspections of financial and economic activities.
- Analysis of performance indicators, evaluation of efficiency, legality, and effectiveness of resource use, and preparation of audit conclusions and recommendations.
- Control of accounting for assets and liabilities, preparation of financial documentation, and settlements with servicemembers and employees.
- Identification and assessment of risks, and control over implementation of measures to minimize them in the organization's activities.
- Development of regulations, procedures, and policies, and participation in managerial decision-making.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Ensuring Law and Order in the Armed Forces of Ukraine"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Master Educational-professional program "Organization of Law Enforcement Activity in the Armed Forces of Ukraine"; 90 ECTS credits; 1.5 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Officer of a section (department) for prevention and detection of crimes and other offenses.
- Officer of a group (section, department) for conducting service investigations.
- Officer of a group (section, department) for guard, patrol service, and search.
- Security service officer.
- Officer of a group (section, department) of the military traffic safety inspection.
- Platoon commander (deputy company commander) of the Military Law and Order Service by area of activity.
Graduate skills
- Ensuring law and order in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Organizing activities to ensure law and order in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Activities
- Strengthening legality, law and order, and military discipline in the Armed Forces of Ukraine while ensuring the constitutional rights of servicemembers with regard to professional specialization.
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Civil-Military Relations"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Officer of a CIMIC unit of a service branch command or separate branch of troops (forces).
- Officer of a CIMIC unit of an operational command (Airborne Assault Forces, Marines).
- Officer of a CIMIC section of a brigade (battalion).
Graduate skills
- Interaction with the civilian population in the unit's area of responsibility.
- Organization of the civil-military cooperation system in the areas of responsibility of operational commands.
Activities
- Creating favorable conditions for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to perform assigned missions and preventing obstruction by the local population in permanent deployment areas, on troop movement routes, and during states of emergency or martial law, stabilization operations, and peace and security support operations.
G18 Geodesy and Land Management
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Geoinformation Systems and Technologies"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Master Educational-professional program "Geoinformation Systems and Technologies"; 90 ECTS credits; 1.5 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Topographer, senior topographer, geodesist, senior geodesist, cartographer, senior cartographer of departments of topogeodetic, photogrammetric, editorial-publishing, and cartographic centers.
- Editor, senior editor of a department of an editorial-publishing center or military cartographic unit.
- Engineer, senior engineer of departments of topogeodetic, photogrammetric, editorial-publishing, and cartographic centers.
- Head of the geoinformation (topographic, topogeodetic) service of a brigade.
- Officer, senior officer of a department of the Navigation Support Planning and Control Center.
- Officer of the Support Forces Department.
Graduate skills
- Creating topographic maps.
- Analyzing and evaluating the tactical properties of terrain.
- Modeling terrain and forecasting events using geographic information systems.
- Spatial measurements in various coordinate systems.
- Analysis of Earth remote sensing data for tasks in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Creation, editing, and publication of cartographic products.
- Accounting and special land management works on defence lands.
- Working with topogeodetic and navigation equipment.
Activities
- Conducting field topogeodetic work.
- Performing aerial photography of terrain using UAVs and UASs.
- Creating and updating topographic maps.
- Producing special maps and photo documents.
- Providing units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with topographic-geodetic, gravimetric, and astronomical-geodetic data.
- Creating and processing geospatial information in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including 3D terrain modeling.
- Geodetic reference support for missile forces and artillery.
- Accounting and inventory of defence lands.
- Publishing printed products to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Navigation support for units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
I10 Social Work and Counseling
Bachelor Educational-professional program "Social Work in the Troops (Forces)"; 240 ECTS credits; 4 years.
Positions held by graduates
- Officer of a civil-military cooperation group (social work focus).
- Senior officer of a civil-military cooperation group (social work focus).
Graduate skills
- Analysis of the regulatory and legal framework concerning the social and legal protection of servicemembers, their family members, and employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Conducting informational and explanatory work with personnel and family members of servicemembers on the implementation of their social rights and guarantees.
- Establishing and maintaining interaction with state authorities and local self-government bodies to provide targeted social aid and services to servicemembers and their families.
- Carrying out social work with servicemembers and their family members by providing them social services, including in line with NATO Social Services principles.
Activities
- Knowledge of the requirements of regulatory and legal documents concerning the social and legal protection of servicemembers, their family members, and employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Understanding the principles and methods of diagnosing social processes in a military unit or subunit.
- Conducting informational and explanatory work with personnel and family members of servicemembers on the implementation of their social rights and guarantees.
- Carrying out social work with servicemembers and their family members by providing them social services, including in line with NATO Social Services principles.
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Contacts
Junior Reserve Lieutenant
To receive a certificate confirming the assignment of the initial officer rank "Junior Reserve Lieutenant", please order it by phone at +38 (044) 521-32-89 from Monday to Thursday. Certificates are issued on Wednesday of the following week from 09:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:00 (room 201). To receive the certificate, you must come in person and have your passport and registration certificate with you.
Document Submission
- Apply to the Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support (TCRSS) at your place of residence to submit an application and receive a referral for a military medical commission.
- Prepare the applicant's personal file at the TCRSS.
- Send the applicant's personal file to the Admissions Committee of the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
- Receive a call with the date of arrival at the Military Institute for registration (approximately at the beginning of July).
- Arrive at the specified time to submit your application and take the professional entrance examinations (4E Akademika Hlushkova Ave., Room 24, Kyiv). Applicants may submit up to five applications for different specialties of the Military Institute.
- Successfully pass the entrance examinations.
- Wait for the publication of ranking lists (approximately by July 29).
- Submit original documents for the chosen specialty within the established timeframe.
- Enrollment of the applicant for study.
- Arrive for initial military-professional training (approximately by August 2).
What to include in the application to the TCRSS
- Full name (including patronymic, if any);
- Year, month, and day of birth;
- Postal code, residential address, and contact phone number;
- Name of the chosen military educational unit of higher education (Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv);
- Chosen educational program (specialty) and form of study.
Documents attached to the application
- Autobiography;
- Copy of the state-recognized document on previously obtained educational level and the supplement to it;
- Six color photographs (3x4 cm, without headwear);
- Copy of the taxpayer registration number certificate;
- Copy of passport and certificate of registration address;
- Documents required by the TCRSS.
All copies of documents must be certified against the originals by the district or city TCRSS to which they are submitted, or in another manner established by law.
- Submit a report to your immediate commander requesting admission to the Military Institute.
- Pass a military medical commission and collect the required documents for the applicant's personal file, then submit them to the personnel office of your military unit.
- The personnel office of the military unit prepares the applicant's file and sends it to the Admissions Committee of the Military Institute.
- Receive written notification of the date of arrival at the Military Institute for registration (approximately at the beginning of July).
- Arrive at the specified time to submit your application and take the professional entrance examinations (arrival address: 4E Akademika Hlushkova Ave., Room 24, Kyiv). Applicants may submit up to five applications for different specialties of the Military Institute.
- Successfully pass the entrance examinations and interview-based exams in four competitive subjects (if there are no NMT certificates from 2022-2025).
- Wait for the publication of ranking lists (approximately by July 29).
- Submit original documents for the chosen specialty within the established timeframe.
- Enrollment of the applicant for study.
- Arrive for initial military-professional training (approximately by August 2).
What to include in the service report
- Military rank;
- Full name (including patronymic, if any);
- Current position;
- Year, month, and day of birth;
- Obtained educational level;
- Name of the chosen military educational unit of higher education (Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv);
- Chosen educational program (specialty) and form of study;
- Presence or absence of certificate(s) of the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment in competitive subjects.
Documents attached to the service report
- Copy of the state-recognized document on previously obtained educational level and the supplement to it;
- Autobiography indicating postal code, residential address and phone number, as well as the postal code and address of the military unit (institution) where the servicemember serves;
- Copy of the service card;
- Copy of the birth certificate;
- Copy of passport and certificate of registration address;
- Six color photographs (3x4 cm, without headwear), certified by authorized officers of the military unit (institution);
- Certificate of military service (extract from the service record);
- Copy of the contract on military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (for contract service members);
- Copy of the taxpayer registration number certificate;
- Copy of the document confirming eligibility for benefits.
All copies of documents must be certified by authorized officers of the military unit (institution) where the contract servicemember serves, or where a servicemember from the enlisted or sergeant ranks performs compulsory service or service by mobilization call.
Admission Rules
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Admission rules for study at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2026 (for the Military Institute)
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Admission rules for citizens of Ukraine to the Military Institute for military training under the reserve officer training program in 2026
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Admission rules for professional military education courses L-1A, L-1B of the Military Institute in 2026
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Report Corruption
If you are aware of any instances of violation of anti-corruption legislation by military personnel or employees of the Military Institute, and you have reasonable grounds to consider this information reliable.
📞 Hotline
+38(044)271-39-86 Department for the Prevention and Detection of Corruption (Ministry of Defence of Ukraine)
In addition, you may report possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offenses through the anonymous online form, as well as through the online form with authorship attribution on the official website of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and on the Unified Whistleblowers' Reporting Portal.
To review a corruption report, please indicate:
- Full name, place of work, and position of the person who allegedly committed the offense.
- Description of the situation with verifiable facts of the corruption or corruption-related offense.
- Full name, address, and signature of the applicant (optional).
Important: you have the right to report corruption anonymously. In that case, provide information about the specific person and facts that can be verified. Other written reports without the author's details will be considered anonymous and will not be subject to review. The information provided will become the basis for decisions on further actions in accordance with current legislation. The State guarantees protection to everyone who reports corruption.
Authorized Person for Anti-Corruption Prevention and Detection at the Military Institute:
Colonel of Justice Pryimak Vadym Anatoliiovych +38(063)493-01-30
Anti-corruption activities at VIKNU are carried out in accordance with the orders of the Head of the Institute:
Order 167, Appendix 1, Appendix 2; Order 168, Appendix; Order 169, Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3, Appendix 4; Order 170, Appendix